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A French Life | The dream and a new life running gites in France

A great real life experience story from Tony Tidswell, owner of a B&B and gites at Villa Roquette in Languedoc-Rousillon. We asked Tony what got ...
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Protecting your home in France against cold

Colin Peake is a man who has plenty of experience in dealing with preparing second homes in France to deal with the problems that cold winters ...
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Renovating the old French farmhouse – the start

As a project manager in a previous life I am inclined towards being organised. The Other Half – despite having been in several jobs that ...
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My French House

Renovating the old French farmhouse

This is the Short List table I put together for the renovation work we needed to do to our house, there’s a much longer list ...
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Buying your dream house in France

When you’re considering buying the home you’ve dreamed of in France there are a lot of decisions to make before you commit, here are a ...
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French house - that first glimpse

My French House | Buying an old farmhouse

When I found the house of my dreams in Pas-de-Calais, France, I took my Dad to see it – his immediate reaction was that it ...
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Recycling in France – when life deals you lemons, make lemonade!

I didn’t realise that I was starting to turn into a French style recycler until English friends who visited commented on my use of old ...
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Buying a Property in France

After all the excitement of searching, you find the house of your dreams in France and its time to go ahead and buy. In France, ...
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Renting a home in France

Every expat I meet here has either rented from other expats or bought their home all of which is well covered and to me a ...
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Fosse Septique Disaster in Rural France

I was recently asked by a journalist from a UK newspaper about my life in France and she asked me to think of something funny ...
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